The definitive collection of nonfictionfrom war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writingfrom the ’;legend of American letters’ (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novelsincluding Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and Damascus Gateearned him comparisons to literary lions ranging from Samuel Beckett to Ernest Hemingway to Graham Greene. Stone hadan almost prophetic grasp of the spirit of his age, which he captured with crystalline clarity in each of his novels. Of course, he was also a sharp and brilliant observer of American life, and hisnonfiction writing isrevelatory. The Eye You See Withthe first and only collection of Robert Stone’s nonfictionwas carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone’s war reporting, his writing on social change, and his reflections on the art of fiction. This is an extraordinary volume that offers upa clear-eyed look at the twentiethcentury and secures Robert Stone’splace as one of the most original figures in all of American letters.
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